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of milk. from cnn world headquarters in atlanta this is "early start weekend." >> the intruder, mr. smith, has the last remaining female in a head lock and taking her down the stairs with a gun pointed at her head. >> just a chilling account of a young student shot to death in a home invasion, but it was not the suspect who killed her. a very sad story. we're going to tell you how it all unfolded. >> we heard screams behind us and he sort of pushed us out of the way. an annual parade turns into a horror scene.
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we're learning more about why a driver plowed his car right into the crowd leaving as many as 60 injured. tornadoes, floods and baseball-size hail. there's a severe weather watch today. we'll tell you what is ahead and, folks, we have a winner. the powerball drawing is over now. the search for the millionaire a has begun. we are tracking that winner down and we're going to tell you where the lucky ticket was sold. it is sunday, may 19th, good morning, everyone. i'm poppy harlow, thank you for starting your sunday with us. we start with that severe weather that we were telling you about. this is what we were working on yesterday. tornadoes, this one touching down in central kansas, specifically in rosell, kansas. it destroyed a house, n no injus
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reported. dozens of counties in alabama were under warnings and watches throughout the day on saturday. heavy rains, hail and a couple heavy tornadoes, that was a light day compared to frankly what we were seeing and expecting lately. with as many as 20 million people in the path. let's bring in alexandria steele with me this morning in the severe weather center. what can you tell us about the latest? >> certainly today a more widespread event, possibly. all the ingredients coming together. yesterday 14 reports of tornadoes and baseball-size hail, as you reported, poppy. i showed you where the tornadoes were reported yesterday. nebraska and kansas predominantly. right now no warnings but that certainly will change. the biggest threat tonight. and you see a line of storms and
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a few severe thunderstorm warnings out there, but, again, no tornado watches or warnings but atmospherically right for them to develop. yesterday looks like a bigger day than yesterday. why? here are the ingredients. this jet stream dip, we need that advancing east, check, we got that. well-defined frontal system and the cold front and warm front and the dry line where we're seeing the convergence of these winds and two different types of winds and warm and moist from the southeast and that's where along this line we'll see these fire up and that's what the expectation is later today and tonight. potentially strong tornadoes today and here's that quadrant of concern. 20 million people in the line of this between today and tomorrow. kansas city, wichita, down to tulsa, oklahoma city, as well. heres's today's threats. sioux city, des moines and then as we head towards tomorrow, the
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threat pushes a little further eastward, not as big a worry, but tomorrow is still in the threat zone and bringing in chicago and peoria, illinois, as well. poppy, big picture, severe storm potentially but a lot of wet weather in the northeast and southeast and even into the west. a lot of wet weather happening around the country and, the most severe through the plains up ander midwest through tonight. >> look at that map, it is covered. >> not the best sunday. >> not the best sunday, alexandria, thank you. when hofstra university students graduate they'll mourn one of their own. andrea rebello was killed in her home. how police handled the dangerous situation that turned into a tragedy. authorities say it was a bullet fired from a police officer's gun that led to the death of hofstra university student
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andrea rebello. >> let me start off by giving my heartfelt condolences to the parents and family of andrea rebello. >> reporter: it happened at an off campus house. police went there after a 911 call claiming the gunman ordered them out of the house to get cash from an atm. when police arrived, they say the suspect was holding a gun to rebello's head. >> the officer fired eight roun rounds. >> reporter: she was shot in the head and died. also the suspect 30-year-old dalton smith, who they say had an extensive rap sheet and wanted for jumping parole. she was a junior and was majoring in public relations. the news of her death is
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extremely hard for the people who knew her. >> she was like really popular and like everybody loved her. she was sweet. >> what an all around nice young woman she was and how she was looking forward to getting an education and going off to college and making something wonderful out of her life. >> absolutely. just 21 years old. our hearts are with her family and friends today. a young member of the hofstra family has been taken from us in a senseless act of violence. our hearts and minds and prayers are with her family, her friends and her classmates. a car plowed into parade. the car was taking part of the parade yesterday when the driver lost control. 60 people were hurt and none of the injuries do appear to be life threatening at this point. police say that people pinned under the car had to wait for rescuers to free them.
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>> we heard screams behind us and he sort of pushed us out of the way from it and me and all of us, we all looked back and saw misery. >> a cnn affiliate report that a medical emergency caused the driver to lose control of the car. people had to chase after the car and leap inside to stop it. now, let's go to connecticut where federal investigators are pouring over the wreckage of two commuter trains. those trains, as you remember, collided during rush hour on friday. the train line handles more than a 250,000 passengers every week day. this is going to cause major headaches for commuters and also a lot of heart ache for people injured in it. susan candiotti has more on the accident and the investigation. susan. >> poppy, foul play is the only thing the national transportation safety board investigators are ruling out at this time. there is a world of
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possibilities for what caused this crash, but they did tell us they're paying special attention to one thing. measuring tracks and twisted rails. climbing into and on top of damaged train cars. national transportation safety board investigators are dissecting every possibility to find out what went wrong. for one thing, they're taking a closer look at a rail fracture below the train that jumped the tracks before a second train plowed into it from the opposite direction. >> it is of substantial interest to us. we'll be sending up a portion of that track back to the laboratory in washington, d.c., for analysis. >> reporter: for friday night commuters, it was a scare they'll never forget. suddenly a rocky ride, screeching brakes and a violent impact. >> everyone was flying around the car. >> you could see the dust by coming from like the other side. >> baby's crying.
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you know, got to go pick them up and everything. >> everybody started screaming. we saw smoke. we didn't know what to expect. >> reporter: these photos taken inside the cars show some belongings strewn on the floor, some seats in tact with a wall coming down and through a window a look at the second train crushed alongside. senator richard bloomenthal called the damage staggering. >> cars are torn away like ribbons of cloth, tons of metal tossed around like toy things, insides of the cars are shattered. >> reporter: as bad as things were, connecticut's governor suggest they could have been worse. >> new cars designed to, the latest standards to the best of our knowledge it's the first time that a car like this has been involved in this kind of incident. and by all appearances, they responded well. >> reporter: for now, there's no way to know how direct service will remain suspended between
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new york and boston. investigators will be back on scene throughout the day sunday. poppy? >> all right, susan, thank you so much. amazingly with all that damage, no one was killed. we're going to have much more from susan next hour, plus, talk live with one of the ntsb investigators who was on the scene there in connecticut. well, drum roll. we have a winner, lottery officials say a single ticket, single ticket sold in zefer hills, florida, matched in the powerball drawing. here are those numbers. 22, 10, 13, 14, 52 the powerball number is 11. the jackpot, folks. now, the winner has such a tough choice collect the money over 30 years or take a lump sum of $377 million. so, who is the country's newest
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multi, multi, multi, multimillionaire. joining me by phone from tallahassee, thank you for joining us early this sunday morning, sir. do we know who the winner is? >> no, we don't, poppy, good morning. it's certainly exciting for us here at the florida lottery. our sixth powerball winner since we joined 4 1/2 years ago. clearly, our largest winner yet since the powerball record. so, we're excited. but, now, just hurry up and wait for the winner to come forward and while we wait for that winner and with all the world to wait for that winner to come forward, we would actually urge them to take their time and get their affairs in order. this is a lot of money and clearly life changing. they have 60 days to come forward. we would urge them to seek legal and financial advice before they claim all that money. >> there's always this question of, do you come forward? do you have a press conference? do people find out who you are or try to stay as anonymous as possible? how often do people choose to
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stay anonymous? >> well, in florida, your name is a public record because the florida lottery is a state ae s agency. these are public dollars we're talking about. so, they can say anonymous to some extent, but their name will be out there. they do not have to have a news conference. there is going to be the glare of tv cameras from all across the country. but that's really a prerogative that people have whether they do a news conference. we don't try to steer them one way the other. >> i think trick number one is change your phone number. tell me quickly who, where this ticket was sold and also why you think the jackpot was so huge this time around. >> well, the winner is, the winning ticket was sold at a public supermarket, our largest retailer in florida. in zepherhills, florida.
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as for the jackpot, hard to know why. once those jackpots get on a roll and no winnings drawing after drawing after drawing they take a life of their own. once you get to the $150 million mark, those jackpots start growing really a, really fast. $590.5 billion is a lot of money. it's a rapid roll in the jackpot. powerball is a nationwide game sold from coast to coast and this is what we promise our players these big jackpots are possible because of a multi-state aspect. >> talk about california certainly this morning just joining the powerball jacking up the pot for that lucky winner. thank you, david bishop, joining us this morning, appreciate it. >> thank you. a man opens fire at the cannes film festival. the crowd running in panic, but it's not at all what people thought it was.
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it has been 35 years since the last triple crown winner. will it be different this year? results from the preakness stakes, next. we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed much is the official retirement age. ♪
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well dreams of seeing another run at the triple crown this year spoiled yesterday when orb, the colt who won the kentucky derby failed to come out on top at this weekend's preakness. joe carter is here with this morning's bleacher report. too bad, but good for the winner. >> great story for the winner. but orb, the horse that everyone was looking at as the favorite was never able to find his rhythm yesterday like he did at the kentucky derby. he raced from behind the entire time finishing a disappointing fourth place. orb's loss means the triple crown drought will extend to 36 years now. the horse that spoiled the party was oxbow. it is really great to see the horse's jockey, gary stevens win. stevens is a legend in the sport, a hall of fame jockey who retired back in 2005. he actually tried his hand at acting for a while, tried his
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hand as a tv analyst but in the end he still had the fire for racing and now at the age of 50, we see him back in the winner circle. gary stevens and oxbow your winner yesterday. the miami heat finally have an opponent for the eastern conference finals. the indiana pacers are headed to south florida after eliminating the knicks in six games last night. the knicks did put up a fight. carmelo scored 39 points. all of indiana's starters scored double figures led by lance stevenson's cuhere 25 points. game one of the eastern conference finals wednesday night in miami. now, this final piece of tape, i can't say i've seen something like this before. this happened on the european tour, he found himself in a situation, if you will, after his tee shot landed behind a public restroom on the course. now, rules officials determined the ball was unplayable from behind the building, so they had to drop at the closest playable
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position, which was inside the bathroom next to the toilet. next to the toilet. now, a line next to the toilet is an impossible shot so rules officials said, now you can drop outside on the grass and hit it from there and, believe it or not, he actually hit it up on the green and then he putted it in for par and through it all he got very lucky, not as lucky as the number one powerball area in the tampa area, but still lucky, nonetheless. >> not as lucky as whoever it is in zephyrhills, florida, but lucky. chaos at cannes. the real drama at the famed film festival happening off screen. a scary shooting and a brazen jewelry heist, next. new buffal. where new york state is investing one billion dollars to attract and grow business. where companies like geico are investing in technology & finance. welcome to the state where cutting taxes for business... is our business. welcome to the new buffalo.
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if you ever need a reminder that crime doesn't pay, well, here it is. take a look at this video. a man tried to grab a woman's cell phone at a bus stop in bogata, columbia. when he ran, bam, he ran into an oncoming bus. guess who helped him? the woman he tried to rob. the suspect remains in custody and some of his alleged accomplices are under arrest. that's karma for you. french police say the man opening fire at the cannes film festival told him, "they wanted to change the world." you can see people running for cover there. police say the suspects fired two shots from a starter pistol
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that they say was loaded with blanks. this happened on friday as a french television network was doing a live interview of actors. cnn's aaron mclaughlin reports the shooter will be in custody today. >> plenty of drama at this year's cannes' film festival. on friday police arrested a 43-year-old man after he fired two blank rounds into the air interrupting a live television interview. now, the man was tackled to the ground by security officers. in his hand, allegedly, a dummy grenade. thankfully no one was hurt. he was brought back to the police station for questioning. he wanted to change the world and he is due to appear in court on sunday. not the only startling event at this year's festival traditionally known for its
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glamour and its glitz. on thursday night overnight over $1 million worth of jewels were taken from the room of an employer. chopard is a sponsor of the cannes film festival. police are still investigating that incident. erin mclaughlin, cnn, london. >> a lot of drama at cannes this year. in a statement about the jewelry heist, none of the jewels stolen were for actresses to wear at the film festival. the value of the diamonds was much less than what the media had been reporting and they have been reporting about $1 million. we'll wait to get that exact figure from them. meantime, president obama will be here in atlanta today. he'll address graduates at moore house university. the appearance follows a very tough week that the president had playing defense on several fronts. coming up, a brand-new cnn
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police say that dalton smith had an extensive arrest history and was wanted for jumping parole. as police entered rebello's home smith was holding a gun to her head. when he turned that gun on the officer, police say they opened fire on smith. >> the officer eventually fired eight rounds in total. seven of those rounds struck our subject. one of those rounds struck the victim. >> hofstra university says it will still hold its commencement today. she was a zunier, 21 years old, studying public relations. crews in hazmat suits combed through an apartment complex on saturday. the search came four days after letters thought to contain ricin, that poisonous substance was found at a nearby postal facility. they wouldn't say if the search was related to the apartment discovery, the apparent
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discovery of a highly poisonous substance in those two letters. trying to figure out who sent the letters, including one that was addressed to a federal judge. in connecticut, investigators will be back at work today. they're poring over the wreckage of two commuter trained that collided on friday during rush hour. they ruled out foul play and sending a portion of the track back to their lab in washington for more analysis. much more on what exactly they're looking at in the next hour. and, of course, we're continuing to keep an eye on strong storm systems in the midwest right now. this tornado touching down in kansas yesterday. causing damage, luckily no injuries. there are as many as 20 million people who could be under severe weather watches and warnings throughout the day today. this is the same storm system that brought 16 tornadoes to texas last week, killing six people causing massive damage in several areas. nick has been on the scene as
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residents there just try to get their lives and damaged homes, what they can, back together. >> we spent the morning outside here at the church of christ where residents are trying to get permits to reenter into their devastated community. volunteers and charity organizations are working with the survivers and trying to get them back on their feet. we heard a lot of haunting stories of survival. none more haunting than that of 17-year-old dylan whitehead. he was literally picked up 20 feet in the air a by the tornado and thought he was taking his last breath. >> i was, i was in the air and i opened my eyes and i was about 20, 30 feet up in the air. >> the tornado picked you up? >> yes. when i opened my eyes and all the debris flying around me. >> he was outside at the time the tornado hit. he saw the cloud formations and then the twister formed.
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he didn't have enough time to get out of the way. momentarily knocked unconscious after being hit in the back of the head. he's lucky to be alive. a lot of the residents say the same thing and this community is banding together in hopes of putting their lives back together and hoping they can return to somewhat of a normal life. >> absolutely. our nick valencia reporting there. in virginia they had to lift a car off of parade spectators after driver lost control and plowed right into the crowd. ten had to be hospitalized after the incident. none are life threatening. a medical emergency is what caused the driver to lose control of that vehicle. the accident occurred at a parade that was honoring hikers at a nearby appalachian trail. and a former philadelphia police officer who was once praised as a hero cop is under arrest this morning. richard is charged with rape and sexual assault. police say that he met two women at a party on thursday, went to
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another location with them and then forced them at gunpoint to take drugs and perform sexual acts. it is a stunning turn of events for the former cop who survived a shotgun blast to the face. in 2007, he was invited to watch president obama's first address to congress right there next to the first lady, michelle obama in 2009. two years later, he resigned from the police force. and this is a very disturbing story. in new york, a suspect in an apparent deadly hate crime under arrest this morning. elliot morales is accused of fatally shooting 32-year-old mark carson while carson and friends were walking down the street last night. morale as confronted carson, taunted him. carson tried to walk away, but the suspect followed and then allegedly shot him in the face. >> we believe that the perpetrator, the shooter here says to the victims, do you want
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to die here? >> well, mourners laid candles at the scene of the shooting and police commissioner who you just heard from, ray kelly, said there have been at least 22 bias-related crimes in new york just this year. that is up from 13 at this time last year. usairways is cooperating this morning with federal investigators looking into why the landing gear failed on a flight into newark, forcing this incredible, incredible belly landing on saturday. passengers say the cabin was filled with smoke as sparks flew from the bottom of the plane. although, thank goodness, it did not catch fire at all. fire crews doused the plane with foam to prevent that from happening. none of the 31 passengers or three crew members were hurt and all were able to leave the airport that morning. and you've been waiting, we have a winner in the powerball's largest jackpot ever. loutry officials say a single ticket sold in zephyrhills,
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good morning, washington, d.c., our nation's capital. little hazy there this morning. rise and shine white house conditions looking a little foggy over there on pennsylvania avenue, but d.c. later today, you're looking at a high of 79 degrees with scattered thunderstorms. good sunday morning, everyone. pretty amazing image to show you. remember that russian meteor blast in february. that took out buildings and injured more than 1,000. now just one month later a boulder-size meteoroid slammed into the surface of the moon, igniting into the brightest lunar explosion ever recorded. it was the equivalent to five tons of tnt. that's what experts are saying and anyone here on earth apparently could have spotted this with their bare eyes. according to nasa, the moon's been hit more than 300 times
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since 2006. last week, if you were watching, you know it was a very, very emotional week in the jodi arias trial. the jury found she was exceptionally cruel when she killed her ex-boyfriend, travis alexander. that opens the door for her for the death penalty. as jurors weigh that option, they heard from alexander's siblings. cnn's casey winan was there. >> his killer, an emotional jodi arias sat and watch, he told jurors about the unanswered questions that haunt him to this day. >> how much did he suffer? how much did he scream? what was he saying? what was the last thing he saw before his eyes closed.
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what was his final thought in his head? >> next, sister, samantha alexander approached the podium crying even before she spoke. >> travis was our strength. our constant beacon of hope. our motivation. his presence has been ripped from our lives. >> defense witnesses are expected to speak about several mitigating factors that could spare arias' life, including a lack of a criminal past and her talent is as an artist. >> this is a girl right here that you pledged when you were selected as jurors that after hearing or after possibly convicting her first degree murder and finding aggravating factors, that you would consider giving ms. arias life. >> our casey winan reporting
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sunday morning. i know you don't want monday to come. a lot of news for you. first, monday, jodi arias trial. this is the penalty phase that continues. jurors have to decide if she's going to live or die as a result of killing her boyfriend, travis
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alexander. arias may address the jury. we'll be watching out for that. also, return of the dreamliner on monday. united airlines putting that plane back in the sky. boeing has billions of dollars riding on the future of its newest 787. as you may remember, the planes were grounded back in january after fear the battery system caused fire. wednesday, focus in washington on the irs. the irs scandal investigation continues. former commissioner of the irs will testify before the house oversight committee. he was in charge during most of the period that agents were allegedly targeting conservative groups. let's move ahead to thursday. big focus on thursday will be the boy scouts. they're expected to make a decision on whether or not to allow openly gay members. about 1,400 members will make their votes at the annual meeting. that will take place in texas. let's move along to saturday. on saturday, a treat for some
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college students at bard college. former congresswoman gabrielle giffords and her husband will give their commencement address to those students. gifford will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters. here's what's coming up. the calendar is just as packed this week in the world of politics, as it usually is. let's bring in paul steinhauser what to look at this week. >> good morning, poppy. more to 13 flirtations from rand paul. tomorrow he headlines a gop dinner in new hampshire, just a week and a half after doing the same thing in iowa. those states kick off the caucus calendar. t the irs controversy will stay in the spotlight this week. the senate on tuesday and the house on wednesday hold hearing into the agency's targeting of conservative groups which apply for tax exempt status.
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voters in los angeles could make history this week by electing their first female mayor. they face off in a runoff election on tuesday. chicago billionaire could be in the hot seat this week. a major supporter of barack obama has been nominated by the white house to become commerce secretary. her hearing is scheduled for thursday. poppy? >> paul, thanks so much. coming up, a brand-new cnn poll on president obama after quite a week for the white house. how is he doing in his second term? find out more later this morning on "state of the union" with candy crowley that begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern. when it comes to advice, television host wendy williams holds nothing back. you're going to see from her the good, the bad, the uncomfortable. if you have questions for wendy, she has answers. i had a chance to sit down with her, speak with her about a lot of different issues.
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the book, raising her 12-year-old son, the women's movement, what does she think? take a listen. >> ask wendy. sixth book? >> yep. >> why write it now? you said it's the easiest book you've written. >> easiest book because the book is made up of letters that wendy watchers have sent me from all over the country. they sent me their toughest questions and i answer them in the book. it has been my fav because it comes from the heart. my talk show is in its fourth season. i always knew that i would write an ask wendy book. i used to do ask wendy for a full hour in my radio career once upon a time. so, here it is, the book. >> think there is this interesting debate going on with teens and should parents be friends or should parents be parents? >> my take is that 93% of the time, i am his mother. and i want to be respected that way. and 7% of the time, i'm his friend. because i think, particularly in
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this generation, in order to find out more about our children, we have to massage them through the jeddi mind trick and sometimes instead of standing over them you have to sit down in the middle of the basketball court with them and say what's going on, buddy? what's happening? it's a fine line. i don't know i'm doing it right. he's only 12. i hear those teen years are the killer years. >> get ready. >> get ready from someone who doesn't have kids yet. who am i to say? little more serious here. you've called success scary. why? >> because if it comes too early, it changes you and everybody around you. if it comes a little later, it's perfect -- my great success. i had great success in my career, but it's been a stair step and having this talk show, i wouldn't be, i'd like to think of myself as a pretty grounded
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person. i'm the same wendy that i was, you know. but everyone else around me has changed. >> are you always scared you might fail? >> no. because i've succeeded so much now that if i failed at this particular point, i've still outsucceeded anything that i possibly thought i would growing up as a young girl in new jersey. >> that fulfillment. >> yes. >> the lean-in movement. cheryl sandburg's book and i really feel like there is just this incredible push towards women and work and, you know, redefining our roles. what do you think about that? what is your -- >> we can redefine, but sometimes the old school is the true school. i think we all as women today in our society are benefiting from being able to work and have kids and being able to fantasize about having a life partner whether it's marriage or just
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live and love together. >> that's the wendy way. >> that's the wendy way. a little modern and a little old-fashioned and a whole lot of messy. >> real pleasure to sit down with her. ask wendy is available in book stores now. we'll be right back. new car! hey! [squeals] ♪
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libya, the irs, secret phone records by the department of justice. it has been a long week, a controversial week for president obama and his team. so, of course, "saturday night live" had to give their take on all of it.
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check out this clip of last night's "weekend update." >> really with seth and amy. really, irs, no one needs to avoid scandals less than you. are less popular with americans than exercise. don't get me wrong. i understand even if you do your job perfectly, irs, no one will give you a gatorade shower, but you have to try a little harder. >> they only keep you around to make the dmv look good. >> really, obama, you said you heard about the scandal when you saw it on tv. you found out from tv, really? i don't want to live in a world where you have the same sources as my aunt. you're the president. i didn't think you had to watch tv for anything. i assumed you already knew how breaking bad ends. >> really, tea party, you're surprised you're targeted by the
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irs. you named yourself after a group of people who proudly and historically violated tax laws. if i had a vanity tax plate, i might expect to get pulled over now and then. >> if you had that license plate -- >> not now. >> all right. politics aside, should we be surprised irs paid special attention to the tax forms of the tea party. judging from their terrible spelling, attention to detail isn't really their thing. not fair to scrutinize someone superhating obama but give them a second look if they spell it. >> irs spread the scrutiny around a little. even the tsapull. >> let's remember everyone cheats on the irs. having their job is like being married to 300 john drapers. >> we understand this is a super jittery time for the irs. wesley snipes just got out of
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jail and wesley snipes is not happy. >> really, guys. snipes is out. everyone at the irs is probably looking over their shoulders and praying they don't hear the words. >> thanks so much for starting your morning with us. much more ahead on "cnn sunday morning" which starts right now. good morning, everyone. i'm poppy harlow. 7:00 on the east coast and 4:00 out west. lottery officials say a single ticket holder at a public supermarket in zephyrhills, florida. they matched all six numbers in last night's $591 million powerball drawing. in case you missed it, here are the numbers. 22, 10, 13, 14, 52 and the po r powerballer, lucky 11. now the winner has a tough choi

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